Astrid Ljungström
Astrid Hulda Viola Ljungström, nom de plume Attis, was a Swedish journalist, and war correspondent.
In a doctoral thesis by Kristina Lundgren in 2002, she was referred to as one of three solist female pioneers of Swedish journalism in the 20th century, together with Barbro Alving, and Maud Adlercreutz.Biography
Astrid Ljungström was married in 1925 to Lieutenant Einar Ljungström, from whom she was within shortly widowed. She studied at the University of Genoa, Munich, and Vienna 1931–1935.
She worked at the Swedish-American News Agency 1928–1931, Nya Dagligt Allehanda 1935–1938, and Svenska Dagbladet from 1938. She did extensive political coverage in Europe, including war correspondence in Finland 1939–1940, 1941–1944, Korea 1956, and Hungary 1956, whereafter she specialised in art and antiquities auctions from the 1960s upon her retirement.Distinctions
